Blue-backed Manakin

The Blue-backed manakin is a Passeriforme of the family Pipridae.

It is about 12.5cm in size. The male has a red crown patch and a light blue back with the rest of the plumage black. The bill is black and the legs are orange-red. An exception is the ssp regina found in the west of Brazil where the crown patch is yellow not red. The female is olive-green but paler on the throat and belly.

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tangará-príncipe fêmea

It feeds on small fruits, insects, larvae and spiders.

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The female normally lays two eggs which are incubated for 18 days. The young leave the nest after 20 days.

Casal de tangará-príncipe

Ninho de tangará-príncipe

Ovo de tangará-príncipe

Habita florestas virgens.

Do sul da Bahia ao Rio Grande do Sul.

  Ocorrências registradas no WikiAves

• Marigo, Luiz Claudio. A fantástica mata atlântica. n. 28.